Nicht wie erwartet zur IFA 09, sondern ein paar Stunden nach unserem Posting, kam die offizielle Ankündigung von Sony bzgl. der A850. (Danke an unseren japanischen Freund für die Vorabinfo)

Hier sind die Specs...

Body:
Magnesium Body

Sensor:
• 35.9 x 24.0 mm CMOS sensor 'Exmor'
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter
• 25.7 million total pixels
• 24.6 million effective pixels
• On-chip Column A/D Conversion & NR

Image sizes [Still]
• 6048 x 4032 (24M 3:2)
• 4400 x 2936 (13M 3:2)
• 3024 x 2016 (6.1M 3:2)
• 6048 x 3408 (21M 16:9)
• 4400 x 2472 (11M 16:9)
• 3024 x 1704 (5.2M 16:9)
• 3924 x 2656 (11M APSC)
• 2896 x 1928 (5.6M APSC)
• 1984 x 1320 (2.6M APSC)

File qualities / formats:
• RAW (.ARW 2.0)
• Compressed or uncompressed RAW option
• RAW + JPEG Fine
• JPEG Extra Fine
• JPEG Fine
• JPEG Standard

Dust reduction
• Charge protection coating on low-pass filter
• CCD-shift dust reduction mechanism

Lenses
• Sony Alpha lenses
(also compatible with Minolta A-type bayonet mount lenses)
• Can be used with DT (1.5x crop) lenses in APS-C mode

FOV crop
1.0 x

Image Stabilization
• CCD-Shift ' SteadyShot INSIDE' system
• Five level LED shake indicator in viewfinder
• Claimed equivalent to 2.5 EV- 4 EV steps in shutter speed

Auto Focus
• TTL CCD line sensors (9-points, center dual cross types + 10 assist sensors)
• EV 0 to 18 (ISO 100) detection range
• Predictive focus control for moving subjects

AF area selection
• Wide AF area
• Spot AF area (center)
• Focus area selection (any of 9)

Focus modes
• Single-shot AF
• Direct Manual Focus
• Continuous AF
• Automatic AF
• Manual focus
• AF micro adjustment (+/- 20 steps for up to 30 lenses)

AF assist illuminator
• Yes (built-in LED lamp)
• Range approx 1m - 7m

Eye-start AF
No

Shooting modes
• Auto
• Programmed Auto (with shift)
• Aperture priority AE
• Shutter priority AE
• Manual
• MR (memory recall) / Custom

Sensitivity
• Auto (200 - 1600) - upper/lower limit selectable *
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
• ISO 3200
• ISO 100,ISO 125,ISO 160, ISO 4000, ISO 5000, ISO 6400 (expanded range)

Metering modes
• Multi-segment (40 segment Honeycomb pattern)
• Center-weighted
• Spot

Metering range
• TTL metering
• 40-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC
• EV 0 to 20 (Multi-segment / Center-weighted)
• EV 2 to 20 (Spot metering)
(at ISO 100 with F1.4 lens)

AE Lock
• AEL button (customizable)
• Half-press shutter release

AE Bracketing
• Single or continuous bracketing
• 3 or 5 frames
• 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 or 2.0 EV steps*
*2.0 EV steps for 3 frames only

Exposure compen
• -3.0 to +3.0 EV
• 0.3 or 0.5 EV steps

Preis: € 1999 (Body)

Weder LiveView noch Video Funktion, eine kleine Enttäuschung, aber der Preis ist heiß für eine "FF" Kamera mit dieser Auflösung!